No he is not. He is considered as a saint.
Patriarch Joseph died in 1652.
Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople died in 1439.
Joseph Antoine Boullan has written: 'The admirable life of the glorious Patriarch Saint Joseph'
Abraham is called a patriarch because he was one of the three forefathers of the Israelite Nation.The definition of patriarch is: "One of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people"
Joseph the Dreamer's great grandfather is Abraham. Joseph's (adoptive father of Jesus) great grandfather (ancestor) also includes Abraham.
Yes, Abraham is considered to be the founding patriarch of the Jewish people in the religious texts of Judaism.
A Byzantine Patriarch is an alternative name for the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
No Aaron was not a patriarch.
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is considered the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians; however, this position is not analogous to that of the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. As the Orthodox Church considers Jesus Christ the head of the Church, the Ecumenical Patriarch is simply considered as 'first among equals.' The Patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem then follow the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in seniority respectively.
A patriarch is male.
There is the patriarch and then there's the ecumenical patriarch. There are many partiarchs for each nationality of Orthodoxy and the ecumenical patriarch is the head of all Orthodox. He is not, though, like the Pope. The ecumenical patriarch is the "first among equals" and is by no means infallible.
The patriarch is the head of the Orthodox church. It is currently Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople.